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Three Black Skirts : All You Need To Survive
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$13.95
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Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.70082
EAN: 9780761119395
ISBN: 0761119396
Label: Workman Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Studio: Workman Publishing Company
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Editorial Reviews:
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It's the real thing. It's about getting your life together. It's about looking damn fine. It's about man handling. It's about the casa question. About solitude. About stain removal. Whether you're a young woman just out of school and starting a career or a harriedly successful thirty-something, if you're still wasting time looking for stockings that match or struggling to keep on top of credit card bills, you need help. And not a glossy monthly's unattainable idea of help, but the stuff that works--the nuts and bolts.
Anna Johnson's Three Black Skirts is the book that delivers. In a voice that's knowing, smart, hip and funny--and with the author's own retro illustrations to match--Ms. Johnson cuts right to the core of the chaos that passes for life today and shows how to find order, balance, fulfillment. She covers it all: health, dating, career moves, finances, entertaining, body image, sex, and, of course, the indispensability of owning three black skirts. She offers the twenty basics for money management, and three keys for shopaholics to gain control over their passion. A workshop to build better food habits. Ten ways to get to sleep. Dress codes to the major cities. A Schmoozer's Guide to Compliments. Principles of Modern Courtship. And everything in between, from an extensive stain removal chart to eleven ideas for reawakening your spiritual life.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good book
Comment: Fun book with lots of advice and information for women. There are tips about decorating you home, makeup, and romance, plus other topics. Great read!
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Summary: Couldn't live without it!
Comment: This book is a must have for every girl over 18. Best advice, great ideas and definitely the road book to life for us!
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Summary: So Much More
Comment: This little book is so much more than a how-to-dress manual. Style is about so much more than clothing. I knew when I read through the Acknowledgements section in the preface for this book that it was different - how could it not be when the author is thankful to Thich Nhat Hanh, Leonard Cohen, and Tom Waits among others?
I found so much inspiration to gently, effectively love myself right now in this book's first chapter that I could hardly put it down, but had to. It seemed as if each paragraph contained the author's weighty philosophy of treating yourself with respect in the way you eat, exercise, dress, love, and carry yourself through each day. I had to digest it all slowly and with savor. I could hardly wait to purchase copies for various friends and relatives! Chapters include the topics of Well-Being, Style, Life Skills, Career, Mood Management, Emotional Rescue, Spirit, and Giving Back. As an over fifty year old woman, I wish I could have gotten hold of this book while I was in high school. It could've saved me a LOT of time, effort, and grief. As of today, I find it refreshingly candid, full of humor and great tips for getting the most out of life and how to avoid common mistakes in self perception, finances, buying clothing, living with dignity, and seeing the humor in some of our situations instead of taking ourselves so seriously. It has a feminist slant, believe it or not, in wanting each of us to appreciate who we are and value ourselves as pearls beyond price. Another book I really appreciated reading for the fun of it and some great tips was The Bombshell Manual of Style by Laren Stoner.
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Summary: Safe gift for someone you don't know well
Comment: It's hard to understand who might benefit from buying this book for (probably) herself. It comprises a series of vague exhortations to do this or that (such as change the makeup you use as you age) in situations here or there, with an extreme dearth of specifics.
There was a lot of information here that was new to me (e.g., how and why to hand bias-cut clothing in a closet), but I suspect that most of the information was new for me because I'm a man and do not often deal with many of the issues covered here. It would be unlikely that women who do deal with the topics covered have not come to the same conclusions Johnson does; hence, there doesn't seem to be much utile here. On the other hand, it seems more or less harmless.
The book would serve best as a gift for someone you don't know very well insofar as it looks nice and even interesting when you skim its pages. It's a different story when you scan the book, but with gifts it's the thought that counts. Giving this as a gift will convey the thought that the recipient is more or less competent in living her life but not averse to receiving advice on how to conform to the commonly accepted expectations in mainstream feminine society in the West. If you're looking for something useful for yourself, however, look elsewhere.
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Summary: Enjoyable, light reading
Comment: This book has some wise advice in it, and I refer to it often. I've owned it for about 5 years now.
I wouldn't recommend this book, however, because there are some things in it that I feel are inappropriate. I did physically remove one entire chapter of it, so that when someone pulls it off my shelf and thumbs through it, they won't be offended as I was when I first read it (though, I must confess that most of the books of this genre suggest or even encourage irresponsible behavior). I also exercised some artistic license and (armed with white-out and a black pen) drew clothes on some of the illustrations -- which turned out nicely.
All in all, though, the advice and illustrations are sound and charming, respectively. Just be aware that there will be some unwholesomeness to remove, if you are of the opinion that books you read should be wholesome. I check regularly to see if Anna Johnson has written any more books, because I really do enjoy her writing style and the organization she uses.
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